symons@imec.be (Jan Symons) (03/26/91)
Dear netters, I am writing a dbase IV application which uses the "@... get" and "read" commands for data entry. However I also want the possibility to fill in the edited field by taking data from a list of keywords (from another .dbf file) using the "on popup..." command. My problem is that I cannot transfer the choice of the popup (prompt()) to the variable being edited with the "read" command. This is roughly how the code looks like : define popup P1 from ... prompt field keywords * keywords is a field in a .dbf file on selection popup P1 do get_key @... say "var = " get var on key label F7 activate P1 read on key label F7 ... Procedure get_key deactivate popup thekey=prompt() * * How to transfer "thekey" to "var" now, soo that it looks as if the * user typed whatever "thekey" contains ???? * return That's it. I'm stuck here, and would be very glad if somebody could give me a hint.... thanx, Jan Symons@imec.be ------------